diff --git a/scripts/travis-before-install.sh b/scripts/travis-before-install.sh
index 7d2f303007..d33eeaefa9 100755
--- a/scripts/travis-before-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-before-install.sh
@@ -5,15 +5,5 @@ runSanityTest () {
   ./bin/mocha --opts /dev/null --reporter spec test/sanity/sanity.spec.js
 }
 
-# install npm@1.4 locally, and try to install production dependencies w/ it.
-if [[ ${TRAVIS_NODE_VERSION} =~ 'v0.10' ]]
-then
-  echo "Downgrading to npm v1.4.x..."
-  npm install npm@~1.4
-  ./node_modules/.bin/npm install --production
-  runSanityTest
-  rm -rf node_modules/
-else
-  npm install --production
-  runSanityTest
-fi
+npm install --production
+runSanityTest